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Stone Blocks: Opposition of Masses

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Stone Blocks: Opposition of Masses
Stone Blocks: Opposition of Masses
Stone Blocks: Opposition of Masses

Stone Blocks: Opposition of Masses

Sketchbook
  • Page 1 from Notebook No.5
Date1925-26
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 364
Date Order NumberAG 25-26.01
Mediapencil, pen and ink
Papercream lightweight laid
Dimensionspaper: 222 x 172 mm
Signature

pen and ink u.r. Henry Moore/3 Grove Studios/Adie Road/Hammersmith, undated

Inscription

pencil top of page Intensity/Big form/opposition/of masses; u.l. Piece of stone/1 Caen -/1 Alabaster/4 Roman stone/1 Church; pencil (on each drawing) Caen/section; alabaster/section; section/Roman; Roman; Roman; Roman

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
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More Information

Notebook No.5 p.1. The six pieces of stone illustrated here were probably stored in the garden of the schoolhouse at Wighton, where Moore's sister Mary had lived. When she moved in 1925, the stone was left behind. In an article in the Architectural Association Journal (May 1930) Moore wrote of 'masses in opposition' when describing the sculpture which moved him most.

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